Attaching- thills and poles to vehicles



A. J. GIBSON.

Thin-Coupling.

No. 14,653. Patented Apr. 15, 1856.

'UNIE' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. J. GIBSON, OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHING THILLS AND POLES TO VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent N0. 14,653, dated April 15, 1856.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that I, ABRAM J. GIBSON, of Clinton, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and valuable Improvements in the Mode of Attaching Thills and Poles to Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and eXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a plan of thill attached to axle. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same drawn to half size.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The nat-ure of my invention consists in attaching the thills to vehicles independent of each other. l/Vithout acrossbar by means of broad iron hinges whereby I am enabled to prevent the wearing and rattling of bolts,

as no draft is put upon them. By means of this attachment I am enabled to place the horse nearer the vehicle, and attach the draft directly to the aXle, at the same time avoiding the danger consequent upon the working and wearing o-f bolts or nuts or other fastenings in general use.

I-Iaving set forth some of my advantages to be derived from my invention I will now proceed to describe its several parts.

(a) represents the axle, (b, 2),) the stationary parts of the movable hinge made fast to the axle (a) by means of clasps (C, 0,), (d, CZ, (L) represent the movable part of the hinge connected to one of the stationary parts by the threaded bolt (c) and to the other stationary part by a threaded bolt formed on and projecting on toward and working in a threaded cylinder upon the branch part of the movable hinge` the movable part (d, d d) of the hinge is fastened to the thills or poles by the bolts (g, g, g)

The advantage to be derived from this attachment besides those previously men` tioned is that the cross bar which is usually used to connect the thills together, is dispensed with, avoiding all danger of coming in Contact with the horse. It will also be seen by this arrangement the thills may be turned up when not in use and pack away closely, and much more convenient in placing the horse for the purpose of attaching him to the vehicle.

I do not intend to confine myself to the material used for the hinge joint neither would I confine myself to threaded bolts passing through the hinges, as a plain bolt would answer on the precise point of attachu stantially as set forth.

A. J. GIBSON.

Witnesses:

Jol-IN F. DANIEL, S. D. WARNER. 

